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Stanly County
6 places on the trail: 6 highway markers.
Faith and congregations (2)
The Revolution (1)
Schools and colleges (1)
Work and industry (1)
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
L-51
FIGHT AT COLSON'S
Colonel William Lee Davidson's Whig militia defeated Colonel Samuel Bryan's Tories, in July, 1780, a few miles S.E.
L-83
RANDALL'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
First services held ca. 1785 by Jesse Lee & Bishop Asbury in home of John Randle. Fifth building, 1974, 3/4 mile East.
The young state, 1790-1860
L-98
BARRINGER MINE
Gold discovery in 1825 by Mathias Barringer launched the state's subsurface gold mining industry. Site 2 mi. W.
The New South, 1878-1929
L-95
L'ALUMINIUM FRANCAIS
French company in 1913 began Narrows Dam and town named for Adrien Badin, president Southern Aluminum, a subsidiary. Off...
L-73
PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY
Methodist. Founded as Oberlin Home & School near Lenoir, 1885. Moved here, 1910. Renamed for Pfeiffer family, 1935.
Battlefields, sites and undated markers
L-97
HARDAWAY SITE
Archaeological site key to understanding earliest native population. Its occupation dates to ca. 10,000 B.C. One mi. N.E...
